. >> reporter: a week after officer phillip standefer push herd out of the way of this oncoming car and almost certainly saved her life, sarah beaty has trouble putting her gratitude into words. >> thank you doesn't cover it. >> reporter: it was the 19-year-old student, talking to officers about a fender-bender she just witnessed. watch again as a van with an alleged drunk driver behind the wheel plows into the police car, sending it barreling toward them. officer standefer grabs beaty and pushes her to safety. the other cop barely escapes, too. >> i knew she didn't see the car coming. so, i just moved. and got her out of the way. >> reporter: in fact, while beaty was safe, the man who just saved her was actually pinned between those cars. >> i looked at my leg and saw it didn't look like it was pointing in the direction it should have been. >> i remember hitting the concrete and closing my eyes again because i wasn't sure if i was going to open them up. >> reporter: beaty escapes with just a few scrapes on her face. officer standefer's leg is still bruised. but remarkably, he has nothi